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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1369
… Purpose To inform agencies of OSC ‘s annual record update process and provide data entry instructions for entering SRA and TDA deductions to ensure compliance with … amount for a combined total contribution limit of $24,000 in 2015. An additional deferment is also available …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1369-supplemental-retirement-annuity-sra-and-tax-deferred-annuity-tdaState Agencies Bulletin No. 1497
… benefit and of adjustments that may be made to DCAA payroll deductions for eligible PEF employees. Affected … benefit and of adjustments that may be made to DCAA payroll deductions for eligible PEF employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1497-retroactive-dependent-care-advantage-account-dcaa-new-york-dependentState Agencies Bulletin No. 1492
… capture and report if an employee is eligible for health insurance coverage and the date the employee is eligible for … fields created for this functionality, Eligible for Health Insurance Coverage and Date Eligible for Health Insurance Coverage will be used by New York State, in part, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1492-new-employer-federal-reporting-guidelines-affordable-care-act-and-nysState Agencies Bulletin No. 1292
… for entering SRA and TDA deductions to ensure compliance with contribution limits. Background Pursuant to IRS … must update the General Deduction page in accordance with the instructions below. Note: Agencies must not begin … record and populate the Effective Date and End Date fields with the first day of the pay period. In order to prevent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1292-supplemental-retirement-annuity-sra-and-tax-deferred-annuity-tdaState Agencies Bulletin No. 1287
… of imputed income for a non-employee same-sex spouse’s health coverage and of the potential tax impact for … who covered their same-sex spouse in the New York State Health Insurance Plan (NYSHIP) Effective Date(s) Immediately … considers the value of a non-employee same-sex spouse's health coverage by New York State (NYS) to be taxable as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1287-changes-taxation-imputed-incomeOpinion 97-11
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … (see Public Housing Law, §3[2]; see also 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-64, p 126). Therefore, it has been our opinion that … 18 of the General Municipal Law (see 1983 Opns St Comp No. 83-13, p 14; 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-166, p 213; 1981 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-11Opinion 91-8
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … 801; LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §61.00(a); TOWN LAW, §177: When a secretary-treasurer of a fire district performs the functions … respect to the sale, issuance or payment of bonds, the secretary-treasurer would not have a contractual interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-8United HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Long Island Laparoscopic Surgery
… Purpose To determine whether Long Island Laparoscopic Surgery, PLLC waived Empire Plan members’ out-of-pocket costs, and if so, to quantify the overpayments made by United HealthCare resulting from … To determine whether Long Island Laparoscopic Surgery PLLC waived Empire Plan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/05/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-long-island-laparoscopic-surgeryCompliance With the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act
… Purpose To determine whether school districts outside of New York City are properly and … whether the Department has used incident data to identify school districts with comparatively high rates of incidents … (VADIR) and a process for collecting annual data from school districts about incidents that occur in schools and on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/13/compliance-safe-schools-against-violence-education-actUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-266.3
… UCS-266.4 Purpose To provide the Unified Court System with an updated list of those unions that submit membership … has highlighted the need to ensure that all actions taken with respect to union dues deductions are properly … deductions (e.g., deferred compensation and union dues). With respect to the deduction for union dues, because OSC is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-2663-updated-procedures-initiating-or-terminating-payrollUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-266.1
… UCS-266.2 Purpose To provide the Unified Court System with an updated list of those unions that submit membership … has highlighted the need to ensure that all actions taken with respect to union dues deductions are properly … deductions (e.g., deferred compensation and union dues). With respect to the deduction for union dues, because OSC is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-2661-updated-procedures-initiating-or-terminating-payrollState Agencies Bulletin No. 1717
… mailing address, as shown on the Modify a Person page in PayServ Also, checks exchanged to next-of-kin or the … transactions. This report will include information going back three months. Effective Date(s) Immediately Agency … address is up to date on the Modify a Person page in PayServ. Verify status of check exchange and reversals …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1717-new-york-state-salary-exchange-and-reversal-checks-be-mailed-directlyDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Jump for Third Year
… in each of the last three years, with the exception of the Finger Lakes (which slowed from 4.9 percent in 2017 to 3.7 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-jump-third-yearSouth Fallsburg Fire District – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-181)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine if the District established adequate controls to ensure that financial activity was properly recorded and reported and to safeguard District moneys for the period January 1, 2012, … The purpose of our audit was to determine if the District established adequate controls to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/09/13/south-fallsburg-fire-district-internal-controls-over-financial-operationsLakeland Fire District – Travel and Conference Costs (2013M-145)
… audit was to examine the internal controls over travel and conference costs for the period January 1, 2011, to November … for official District business. Update the travel and conference policy and monitor compliance. Review the … audit was to examine the internal controls over travel and conference costs for the period January 1 2011 to November 30 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/08/23/lakeland-fire-district-travel-and-conference-costs-2013m-145Kiantone Independent Fire Department, Inc. – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-295)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether Department controls are adequate to ensure that financial activity is properly recorded and … moneys are safeguarded for the period January 1, 2012 to September 5, 2013. Background The Kiantone Independent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2013/12/13/kiantone-independent-fire-department-inc-internal-controlsJefferson Fire District – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-101)
… purchasing and code of ethics policies, it has not adopted an investment policy, as required by statute. The Board also … its approval by affixing each member’s signature on the warrant. However, the Board minutes do not consistently … checking and savings accounts. Key Recommendations Adopt an investment policy. Ensure that formal written procedures …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/07/12/jefferson-fire-district-internal-controls-over-financial-operations-2013mState Agencies Bulletin No. 919
… Affected Employees Employees receiving a retroactive pay increase for military stipend Effective Date(s) August … beginning or ending military stipend beginning in Pay Periods 9L and 10L. When an employee receives both … to a retroactive salary increase from their time while earning the stipend will have the FICA exemption applied only …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/919-taxation-retroactive-raise-payments-employees-receiving-military-stipendCriminal History Background Checks of Unlicensed Health Care Employees
… safeguard patients through requests for required criminal history background checks when hiring unlicensed … March 3, 2017. Background The Department, through its Criminal History Record Check (CHRC) Legal Unit, is … (FBI) and the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), which in turn, send any criminal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/08/criminal-history-background-checks-unlicensed-health-care-employeesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1215
… for entering SRA and TDA deductions to ensure compliance with contribution limits. Background Pursuant to IRS … must update the General Deduction page in accordance with the instructions below. Note: Agencies must not begin … record and populate the Effective Date and End Date fields with the first day of the pay period. In order to prevent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1215-supplemental-retirement-annuity-sra-and-tax-deferred-annuity-tda